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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-12-29
The RazOr-Back Hog,

"They arc great travellers, and always
50 in trot. Their quadrupedal loco
motors arc il some way connected with
an internal grunting arrangement.
This capab,lity for locomotion, and
their innate sinfulness, scientifically
explain their existence il West Virginia
aud their ancestry. There is no author
ity for even supposing that all the
swine historically described as going
down iuto the sea or lake with devils in
them were drowned. The Sinaitic
Vatican and Alcxandrian manuscript
say ''chokcd;" so l stake my scientific
reputation upon the assertion that the
razor back hogs of West Virginia arc
descended from the survivors of those
owned by the A. D, / porkraiscrs, for
the reason that they have more devil in
them than can possibly be compressed in
to modern pork, have cloven feet, a long
tail, and never miss an opportunity to
upset bucket, eat weeks washing.
or squcal when the baby is asleep"
lAmerican Magazine.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-12-29
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
Life i.a short day, but it isa working

Life isa short day, but it isa working
day.
Though many guests bo absent it is
the cheerful man VIC miss.
Give because you love to give--as the
flower pours forth its perfume.
A child who secs deceit arouad it will
rarely make an honorable man.
Where thcro is room in tho heart
there is always room in the house.
Famo comes only when deserved, and
then it is inevitable as destiny.
Good intentions will not help a man
on his way il he takes tho wrong road.
All tho events of our life arc mate
rials out Of which VIC may mako what
We will.
Grand temples arc mado Of small
stones, and great lires are made up Of
small events.
Modcsty and tho dew love tho shade
Each shine in the opca day only to be
cxhalcd to heaven.
Talents arc best maturcd in solitude;
| character is best formed in the stormy
billows Of the world.
Even rock oning makes lasting friends,
and the way to mako rcck onings even is
| 10 make them often.
Costly followers arn not 10 be liked !;
lest while man makes his train longer,
he makes his wings shorter.
A diamond with flaw is better than
. pebble without. But the flaw adds
nothing to the value of the diamond.
The use we make of our fortune dc.
tcrmincs its sufliciency. A little is
enough if used wisely, too much if cx.
pended foolishly.
Though reading and conversation may
furnish us with many ideas of men and
things, yet it is our own meditation
must form our judgment.
Belief is an edifce never completed,
because VIC do not comprehend its plan,
and every day some workman brings u
new stone from the quarry.
With books, as with companions, it is
OF more consequen nee to know which to
avoid than which to choose; for good
books are as scarce as good companions.
1t is beneath the dignity of soul that
has but grain of sense, to make
chance, and winds, and waves,
the arbitrary disposers of his happi.
ness. ~
Grief or misfortune seems to be in.
dispensable to the development of intel.
ligence, energy and virtue. The proofs
to which tho people are submitted, as
with individuals, arc necessary to draw
them from their lethargy and disclose
their character.
| The three lessons that all are the bet
ter for knowing: That chccrfulncss can
change misfortune into love ard friends
that, in ordering ones self Alright, one
helps others TO do the same; and that
the power Of finding beauty in the hum
blest things makes home happy and life
lovely.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-12-29
A Fortunate Marriage.

Some people were talking about
young married couple who recently
solved the problem Of unhappincss by a
divorce. ''lIow fortunate that they
married" remarked and old club cynic
'Tiow soi" replied a lady.
why, if they had not and had mar.
ried separately they would have made
four people unhappy instead of two. ~
Philadelphia Press
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-12-29
Pearl Oysters.

The business Of getting tho pearls out
Of oysters is tolcrably disagrceablc one.
The oysters arc thrown into large YES
sells and left to die, when tho shells open
Of their own accord. Tho shells aro
then removed, but the oysters them.
selves arc left In buckets till they be-
come decomposcd, when they arc well
stirred. Tho pearls sink to the bottom,
and the remainder is poured of. It
may bo readily inferred that tho odor
in the camp Of tho pearl seekers is
more powerful than pleasant.
Tho pearl had its origin in tho efforts
OF the oyster to protect itself from tho
irritation caused by tho presence Of
some foreign body between tho shell
and its mantle, as the soft skin Of the
oyster is technically tcrmod. To nit
igatc the suffering caused by this vcx.
atious intruder, tho oyster deposits
thereon coating Of the same material
as that OF which the shell is composed,
and when once this process has begun
it continues, till in time the pearl grows
large enough to kill the oyster.
Linnnus, tho 'father OF naturalists, :"
received tho honor Of knighthood for
demonstrating tho possibility Of artii.
cially inducing the formation Of pearls
in tho pearl bearing mussel. But, as
has been the case with other European
inventions of which we have thought a
good deal, it ha, since turned out that
John Chinaman has been doing this thing
for couple of thousand years or so.
The Chinese method is to take the mus.
sci from the river, carefully force the
shells little way apart, and insert bc-
tween the mantle of tie oyster and ono
Of the shells few little pellets of clays,
tiny pearls or foreign bodies &C some
kind. When this has been done, tho
oyster is turned over, and the poor fcl-
low is obliged to submit to similar un =.
comfortable process on his other side
lie is then put back into pond, where
he is kept well and fat by diet moro
nourishing than nice. After few
months or sometimes year or two, he
is again taken from his bed, his pearls
are taken out and he is eaten. / Boston
Herald
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-12-29

too" said Mrs. West. ''Mary, dear lit
tic thing, was so delighted over the
news that sho couldn't rest until sho
fixed upa pretty bouquet to place on
Mr.. Morley's desk so that he would find
it when he camo down."
my Godw screamed Silas. 'Do you
mean that"
"Ycs; she went to the mills half an
hour ago, and will DO here in fcv
minutes"
With wild shrick Of more than NOR
tai agony, Silas West staggered for
ward and fell senseless to tho floor, just
as tho mulIlcd sound of an explosion a
mile away ratified tho windows Of tho
cottage.
- -
1t was a long time before Silas West
recovered from his attack of brain fever,
aud when at last he was strong enough
in mind and body to listen to tho sor-
row-strickcn woman by his bedside, bo
silently prayed for death.
ct was so horrible, Silas," said his
weeping wife, to have our little
goldcn-haircd darling killed in that
manner. She was manglcd beyond
recognition, and tho horror of it nearly
killed no. But, Silas, there was ono
bright CLEAN in tho midst of all our
trouble. Mr.. Morley and his vito camo
here. They had tho funeral arrange
mcuts made, and during all tho weeks
that you have bcon ill Mr.. Morley has
footed all the bills and saved us from
starvation. We owc him debt Of
gratitude that VIC can never repay"
She paused in her talk. Her husband
had tainted.
The tragedy caused by the explosion
of tho dynamite bomb in Mr.. Morley's
Office had been driven out of the public
mind by other matters of sensations
interest before Silas West was able to
return 10 his work. Some Of his fellow
operatives told the wretchcd father that
the affair was supposed to be the work
of tho anarchists, but that no clew had
ever been obtained. 1t was believed
that the little girl had waited in the
Office for Mr.. Morley, and the queer
looking package had attracted hor at
tention. She had probably handled it,
and an unfortunate touch had caused it
to explode.
Mr.. Morley told his wife that Silas
West was the most tender-hearted man
he had ever known. He went back to
work changed man. His face wore a
look of hopeless sorrow, but he seemed
to DO entirely devoted to threc things
his wife, his work, and Mr.. Morley.
"No," said Mr. Morley one day; ~
am not afraid of anarchists in my mills.
I treat my workmcn like men, and they
appreciate it. But il there is any danger
that man, Sllas West, will warn mo in
time. For some reason he has an intense
hatred Of anything like anarchy. fyou
mention the name of an anarchist in his
hearing he turns white and rcd and grits
his teeth. l tell you, West has heart
of gold! There will be no anarchists
around as long as he stays with me-"
The patient palc-fa faced worker In the
Morley mills will doubtless 70 to his
grave and make no sign. His wife won
dcrs sometimes at his tenderness, and
his employer thinks him little cranky
in'his rigid sense of duty.
Silas West alone knows the Cause of
his regeneration and reformation, and
his secret has made him a feeble old
man, although he is still in his thirtics
Il Atlanta Constitution.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-12-29
Natures Oil Press,

According to Professor L. Lcsky, the
buried bed of vegetation which has be
come what is now known aud used as
the Pittsburg coal bed, twelve feet thick,
must have originally been as many as
$50 feet in depth, it having been COM
pressed to its present size, as the coal
bed, by the action of heat and the pres.
sure of the strata, or layers OF sand
which were deposited upon it at different
times after it was covered with water.
As this coal bed is far above the oil
sands, it is thought that the bed OF veg,
citation which it ow rcprcs cnts furishcd
the oil and gas now being found, bu,
that they have been formed from other
beds. buried below the oil sands,
and which may have been
Of even greater depth or thickness than
this one; pressed down by tho trcmcn.
dous weight of the hundreds and thou.
sands Of feet of sand, gravel, etc,
which now form the rock strata above
them, and heated from below by the
internal heat of the earth to u very
high degree these beds of vegetation
would rs result OF such forces, be
changed in part into oil and gas,
which would escape upward to where
it is now found, the parts not so
changed remaining and being changed
into beds Of coal. II is supposed that
in this way the gas has been pro
duced, and, possibly is still being
produced, from beds of vegetation
buried below the oil sands, and that
it has found its way in company with
oil perhaps, up to the porou, sand
rocks OF oil sands.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-12-29
A Big Ferry Rnat

A massive ferry boat. built expressly
with view to its ability to crush heavy
ice in the Straits of Mackinac, is being
constructed at Detroit for the Mackinac
transportation Company. It will ply
between Mackinac and Point st. Ignac.-
Tho boat will be 235 feet long, So feet
in breadth and will have compound
ongines OF Q, 900 horse power.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-12-29
A Natural Selection.

An intelligent man, while in strange
town. needed medical advice. lie ap.
piled not to the landlord Of the hotel,
nor to the local druggist, but went
straight to the postmaster. Tell me-"
he said, (which of the doctors of the
city takes the largest number Of jour,
nalsf' The postmaster told him, and
the gentleman replied: "a man who
takes the journals of his profession is
well read, and up with the times, and
that is the doctor ] want 10 treat me
and my family. "--IPhiladelphia Call.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-12-29
After tho Day...Nlyht.

AtteT TIC DAy'.NiSut.
Love knocked early at my door;
In the morn he camo TO find mo,
Saying, LET me cross thy floor,
And thy chains shall ever bind me-"
But turned away my heart;
Who was love that he should nnd moi
Saying: "Well thou playcst thy part,
But perchance thy chain would bind no. y
Noontide past; he sought my door.
"If thou wilt thou still mayst bind me.
And will yet cross thy floor;
Here again you never find me-"
But madly choose my part;
What cared to stay and find hint
Love should never win my heart;
Wherefore should pause to bind hir,i
Night is here; and at my door
Vainly now seek to fnd him;
Could he only cross my foor,
would give all else TO bind hin,
But again without my door
Ishall never waiting find him;
Ho will never cross my floor
No ono thrice has power to bind him.
-lFrom Temple Bar for December.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-12-29
Thickness Of Clouds

Capt. ii. Toynbcc, of the London
Meteorological Society, has arrived at
the conclusion that clouds of less than
1000 feet in thickness are seldom ac-
companicd by rain; and if they are it is
very gentle, consisting of minute drops.
With thickness of between 1000
and 4, 900 feet the size Of the drop, is
moderate. With Increasing thickness
comes increasing size Of the drops, and
Mt the same time their temperature be-
comes lower, until, when the thickness
is greater than 6,000 feet, hail is pro-
duceil.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-12-29
Tho Picturesque In Language.

Over the threshold of once peaceful
home the serpent Of infdc!ity has
wriggled, and his black and shiny trail
exhales a reeking pestilence. Dis
closures are said to be imminent and the
sensational ghouls will shortly buzz
about the loathsome carcass and fatten
on its filth IL Bing ghamtoD Leader.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-12-29
Didn't Grasn Her Meaning.

Lady---What can get divorce fort
Iowa lawy Nothing.
Lady--Why, how chcapl i always
thought it took piles of money.
Lawyer Money! Oil it will cost you
just 5000 counscrs fees. thought you
were asking about the cause. -! Chicago
Ledger.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-12-29
Got Used 70 Him.

Happy Man Ito widow of three hus-
bands)-Whom shall ask To- perform
the ceremony, darlingi That matter,
OF course, shall leave to you.
Widow hesitatingly)-Wcll, dear,
haven't any very particular preference,
although I've always had the Rev. Mr..
Goodman.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-12-29
without Donbt They Were.

Little Ncll--The gcntlemens was real
polite to me in the street car 0ne real
nice one gave me a seat.
Mamma --Indeedl
"Yes, On his knee"
"Ohm
"Yes, mamma, al some big girls
standing up looked real mad cause no
one was polite to them, Omaha
World.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-12-29

A black or blue pencil m.Tk oppo-
site this paragraph indicates that your
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mark shows that your subscription or
renewal has been received.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-12-29

A recent trial in Japan between Ger
man and English rails resulted in q
British victory.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-12-29
TIE LONDONDERRY SITTER.

@-Entered at the Post-ofsos - South
Londonderry, ~ second GLASS mattss.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-17
CHARLEsTON'S QUARANTINE.
The Peoples Health Decided of More |
Importance Than the Fruit Trade.

The Peoples Health Decided of More
Importance Than the Fruit Trade.
CHARLESTON, April 16-At least one very
important question has been settled in
Charleston during the week: That of wheth-
er or not the quarantine regulations should
be relaxed. The fruit dealers of the city,
who trade exclusively with Baracoa, have
been agitatng the question for several years.
Under the old quarantine law no vessel is
allowed to enter the port from May | to
Nov. which comes from suspected iati-
Jude" This, the fruit dealers complain,
shuts them out of business for five months in
the year, and ont of q business which, they
claim, could very well come here without
danger to the health Of the city After ham
me1ing Mt the subject several years they
finally procured the passage by the last Leg
islature of an amendment to the quarantine
laws by which the clause prohibiting the ad-
mission of vessels from suspected ATTITUDES"
was changed, and the quarantine made APP
phcable to infected ports" leaving it, OF
course, to the State Board of Health TO de-
tcrmiue what ports are infected"
BARACoA VISITED.
They next secured the appointment by the
Board of Health Of two physicians to visit
the port of Baracos 10 determine whether ii
was or was not infected. The two phySi-
clans were sent ont IN March on q frnlt
schooner, spent some time in Baracoa and
finally returned here April l. They We're
interviewed by a reporter. and it leaked out
that their report would probably be favora-
bic to Baracoa
This, however, raised a storm of indigna-
tion in the community in which there are
still many persons who have not forgotten
the epidemic OF 1858, the last great epidemic
in Charleston, and us the time for the meet
ing of the State Board approached Things
began to get warm.
THE MEETING.
The board was to have met in Aiken, but
in view Of the excitement here, agreed to
adjourn to Charleston and hold a kind of
open conference, in which all the sides to
the question should be heard This discus
sion took place yesterday. The quarantine
people We're strongly represented. The anti
quarantine, or fruit people, Mad very little
to say, and il was finally decided that
Charleston cared more about her health than
she did about the fruit trade, so that the
hoard unanimously decided not to relax the
quarantine so far as the port of Baracoa is
concerned.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-17
DIGGING UP DOLLARS.
Texans Wild Over the Discovery of
Treasure Buried by the Indians

IeX9nS WIG over the Discovery of
Treasure Buried by the Indians.
CHICAGO, April 16.--A Fort Worth special
says that near Crawford an iron pot con-
tanning quantity of.gold was dug up Mon
day where it had been buried in 1865 by an
Indian woman. The woman left the vicin-
ity and allowed her treasure to remain in
its safe hiding place. She died recently, but
before death she bequeathed her money TO
two men who had shown Ger kindness.
and told them how 10 find it. About
the same time this discovery was made a
farmer named Bowler, in the same neigh
ilorhood, white blowing turned up twenty
dollar gold pieces to the amount of s., go
and IS still finding them. This discovery
has set the country wild, and every person
who owns ground has gone TO digging for
gold. In 1Si9 the Tonkawa Indians sold
To inc Texas government part of their
reservation for $50 U00 in gold As the
tribes were encamped for Rine months about
wherc this money was found it is probable
that they hid part or all this money where
they then were. Bowler thinks there is
more gold hidden in his field, so be has
posted his entire farm and warns any and
all persons upon pain Of death not 10 come
on his place with q pick.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-17
MARRIAGES.

; :
MCCARTHY BLAKE.-Married, on Wednes-
day Feb. 10th, 1887, by the Rev. Father Osw9ld.
at the Sacred Heart Church, Mr.. MARTIN Nc
CARTFY and Miss ELIZABETH BLAKE, both Of this
city.
No cards.
TOWNSEND-MOSS- Married in Griffin, Ga,
on the evening Of the 14th inst. by the Rev. g.
Henry r. Remshart CARY 3. TOWNSEND of Sa-
vannilh, Ga, and CLIFFORD, third daughter of
the late J. f. Moss of Griffin, Ga.
SSS- Charleston NeTs and Courier please copy
GRAHAM URTAGH.-EI Married, at the Ca
thedral, Tuesday. April 18th, at p. n. by the
Rev. Father Cafferty, JAMES j. GRAnAa, of New
York, and Miss MARY E. MURTAGH, of this city
HOPKINS-BAKER.- Married Tuesday, April
9Th 1887, by the Rev l. S. K. Axson at the resi-
dence of the brides parents Mr.. ED III. HOPKINS
and Miss MARIE LOUIE BAKER.
No cards
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-17


Mr.. z. C. Faircloth, recently city editor
of the Nashville Union, is i'll the city and
made the MORNING NEWS a cal last night.
Mr.. A. A. Fleetwood, who has become
editor of the Blackshear Georgian, paid the
MORNING NEWS a short visit yesterday.
Mr. Fleetwood is a vigorous and original
writer, and is bound to make his mark as
journalist ...-.--.--
Among the arrivals at the Pulaski House
yesterday were T. r. Bull and wife, r.
Mason, C. D. Kemp, George Lymors, D. H.
Wickham and wife, New York; Miss Carrie
NJ. Yorkes, Z. NJ YorkeS, Philadelphia
George L. Appleton, Bryan county; Q: H.
johnson, Chicago; NJ. o. d. White, NJ. A.
Boston
AT the Marshall House were j. w. John
ston, st. Louis; Samuel TORY and wife,
Birmingham, Ala. Berry Drew, Crisp; N.
K. More, W. NJ. Burr and wife, Miss NJ. l..
Burr, Miss Hughes, L. W. Burkley and wife,
l.. Kleinard and wife, New York; John H.
Griffin, Atlanta; Heemaud Phillips, MasSa-
chuSetts; j. p. Anderson, st. Louis; NJ j.
Dorsey, Philadelphia; M. j. Daniels, Evans
vile, Ind.
At the Screven House were Frank Gaubet,
Boston; w. Berey, Liverpool, Eng. 4; Eugene
Burger, r. f. Oppenheimer, Aug. Heard,
Julian Rosenblatt, New York; g. E. Ham
NETT, Baltimore; J. Hirtz, Louisville, KY !;
Mrs. r. j. Kirk, Miss A. Z. Wharton, New
ark, n. j.; S. n. Sparkman, Tampa, Fla. /;
w. A Able and wife, New Bedford; Miss
W. L. Moore, Ocean Grove, N. j.; B. NJ.
Earle and wife, B. NJ. Earle, Jr., Provi-
dence, r. /.
AT the Harnett House were T. C. Near
thur and wife, w J. Hackworth, j. M.
Wardwell, G. H Manson, S. A. Tracy,
George d. Ferris and wife, Miss Galloway
New York; H. Waite, Miss NJ Harris, Bos-
ton; A. A. Fleetwood, Blackshear; W. A.
Guthree, Lowell, Mass; A j. Walcott, p
H Curry, Baltimore; c. E. Hasley and wife,
Ulysses, Pa; T. P. PolKty and wife, Enter
prise, Fla
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-17
BOGUS BONDS.
Thousands of Dollars Worth of Spu
rious Riddlebergers.

RICHMOND, VA, April 16.-Quite sensa-
circles and among the State officials by the
discovery that an unknown quantity of
spurious Virginia bonds, known as Riddle
berger bonds, were for sale in Northern
markets During the past two days telh-
grams were received here by banking and
brokerage firms from Boston and New York
asking for the prices of Virginia thrce's, 1882,
due 1882, interest January and July The
numbers Of the bonds being asked for, it was
found, that there were no coupons outstand-
ing OF the bonds named, which gave rise to
the suspicion that something was wrong. 4
Boston firm then shipped S14 900 of Virginia
three's, as described.
PRONOUNCED FRAUDULENT.
These were received here this morning and
taken to the State officers for investi-
Cation. They were at once pronounced
fraudulent bonds with forged names at
tached. A New York firm offered similar,
amount to that of the Boston firm, and a
81, 900 bond of the same description was re-
celved from another firm of brokers' making
in all $29,000 in bonds with all the coupons
attached. The explanation arrived at is
that during the legislative session of 1882 the
Kendall Bank Note Company. of New York,
engraved bonds for the entire issue of Rid
known as the Riddleberger act.
STORY OF THEIR PRINTING.
These bonds were well executed and were
| accepted by the State, but were subse-
quently rejected and the contract for execut-
ing the bonds was given to the American
Behk Note Company of New York. The
Kendall Company, however, shipped bonds
! in three boxes, one of which the State re-
fused to receive. The other two they took
and paid the express charges on them. The
| first box, containing bonds of the denomina-
ton of $1,000 each from No TO 452, were
returned to New York The Kendall Com
pany refused to take them back. 1t is now
believed that this box of bonds was sold by
the express company afterwards as an nm
claimed package. 1t evidently fell into the
hands OF sharpers. who forged the name Of
d. X. Riveiy, Treasurer" and j. A. Smith,
Second Auditor, and proceeded to dispose of
them. 1t is not known what amount of
spurious bonds is on the market d. r.
Rively was Treasurer, but j. A. Smith is